Stark, 29, is an associate with Gary McGee & Company in Portland, Oregon. She graduated cum laude from Seattle Pacific University, earning degrees in accounting and international business. She worked in Chungdu, China as well as Tokyo before relocating to San Diego where she was a staff auditor with Leaf & Cole, LLP where she earned her CPA. She is the daughter of longtime Woodinville resident Heather Stark and brother of Woodinville resident Jake Brunsman.

Firl, 29, graduated from Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California, with a degree in accounting. He worked for Jacobson Jarvis & Company in Seattle where he earned his CPA before returning to San Diego where he most recently was the manager of budget and reporting for The San Diego Housing Commission. He is the son of Mike and Julie Firl of San Diego, and grandson of Lina Stearns of Orcas Island and Sandra and Harold Firl of Townsend, Montana, and sister of Ashley Firl of San Diego, California.